Deuteronomy 14
1 Be ye the sones of youre Lord God; ye schulen not kitte you, nether ye schulen make ballidnesse,
You are the children of the LORD your God. You shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.
2 on a deed man, for thou art an hooli puple to thi Lord God, and he chees thee that thou be to hym in to a special puple, of alle folkis that ben on erthe.
For you are a holy people to the LORD your God, and the LORD has chosen you to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples who are on the face of the earth.
3 Ete ye not tho thingis that ben vncleene.
You shall not eat any abominable thing.
4 This is a beeste which ye schulen ete; an oxe, and a scheep, and a goet, an hert,
These are the animals which you may eat: the ox, the sheep, the goat,
5 a capret, a `wielde oxe, tregelafun, `that is, a beeste in parti lijk `a buk of geet, and in parti liik an hert, a figarde, an ostrich, a camelioun, `that is, a beeste lijk in the heed to a camel, and hath white spottis in the bodi as a parde, and `is lijk an hors in the necke, and in the feet is lijc a `wilde oxe, and a parde.
the deer, the gazelle, the roebuck, the wild goat, the ibex, the antelope, and the chamois.
6 Ye schulen ete ech beeste that departith the clee `in to twei partis, and chewith code.
Every animal that parts the hoof, and has the hoof split in two and chews the cud, amongst the animals, you may eat.
7 Sotheli ye schulen not ete these beestis, of these that chewen code, and departen not the clee; a camel, an hare, and a cirogrille, `that is, a beeste ful of prickis, and is more than an irchoun; for tho chewen code, and departen not the clee, tho schulen be vncleene to you;
Nevertheless these you shall not eat of them that chew the cud, or of those who have the hoof split: the camel, the hare, and the rabbit. Because they chew the cud but don’t part the hoof, they are unclean to you.
8 also a swyn, for it departith the clee, and chewith not code, schal be vncleene; ye schulen not ete the fleischis of tho, and ye schulen not touche the deed bodies.
The pig, because it has a split hoof but doesn’t chew the cud, is unclean to you. You shall not eat their meat. You shall not touch their carcasses.
9 Ye schulen ete these thingis, of alle that dwellen in watris; ete ye tho thingis that han fynnes and scalis;
These you may eat of all that are in the waters: you may eat whatever has fins and scales.
10 ete ye not tho thingis that ben with out fynnes and scalis, for tho ben vncleene.
You shall not eat whatever doesn’t have fins and scales. It is unclean to you.
11 Ete ye alle clene briddis;
Of all clean birds you may eat.
12 ete ye not vncleene briddis, that is, an egle, and a gripe,
But these are they of which you shall not eat: the eagle, the vulture, the osprey,
13 and an aliete, ixon, `that is, a whijt brid lesse than a vultur, and is of the `kynde of vultris, and a vultur, and a kite bi his kynde,
the red kite, the falcon, the kite of any kind,
14 and al thing of rauenys kynde,
every raven of any kind,
15 and a strucioun, and a nyyt crowe, and a lare,
the ostrich, the owl, the seagull, the hawk of any kind,
16 and an hauk bi his kynde, a fawcun,
the little owl, the great owl, the horned owl,
17 and a swan, and a siconye, and a dippere, a pursirioun, and a reremous, a cormeraunt,
the pelican, the vulture, the cormorant,
18 and a caladrie, alle in her kynde; also a lapwynke and a backe.
the stork, the heron after its kind, the hoopoe, and the bat.
19 And al thing that crepith, and hath fynnes, schal be vncleene, and schal not be etun.
All winged creeping things are unclean to you. They shall not be eaten.
20 Ete ye al thing that is cleene; sotheli what euer thing is deed bi it silf, ete ye not therof.
Of all clean birds you may eat.
21 Yyue thou to the pilgrym which is with ynne thi yatis, that he ete, ether sille thou to hym, for thou art the hooli puple of thi Lord God. Thou schalt not sethe a kyde in `the mylk of his modir.
You shall not eat of anything that dies of itself. You may give it to the foreigner living amongst you who is within your gates, that he may eat it; or you may sell it to a foreigner; for you are a holy people to the LORD your God. You shall not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.
22 Thou schalt departe the tenthe part of alle thi fruytis that comen forth in the lond bi ech yeer;
You shall surely tithe all the increase of your seed, that which comes out of the field year by year.
23 and thou schal ete in the siyt of thi Lord God, in the place which he chees, that his name be clepid therynne; thou schalt offre the tithe of thi wheete, wyn, and oile, and the firste gendryd thingis of thi droues, and scheep, that thou lerne to drede thi Lord God in al tyme.
You shall eat before the LORD your God, in the place which he chooses to cause his name to dwell, the tithe of your grain, of your new wine, and of your oil, and the firstborn of your herd and of your flock; that you may learn to fear the LORD your God always.
24 Sotheli whanne the wei is lengere, and the place which thi Lord God chees is fer, and he hath blessid thee, and thou maist not bere alle these thingis to that place,
If the way is too long for you, so that you are not able to carry it because the place which the LORD your God shall choose to set his name there is too far from you, when the LORD your God blesses you,
25 thou schalt sille alle thingis, and schalt turne in to prijs, and thou schalt bere in thin hond, and thou schalt go to the place which thi Lord God chees;
then you shall turn it into money, bind up the money in your hand, and shall go to the place which the LORD your God shall choose.
26 and thou schalt bie of the same money what euer thing plesith to thee, ethir of droues, ether of scheep; also thou schalt bie wyn, and sidur, and al thing that thi soule desirith; and thou schalt ete bifor thi Lord God, and thou schalt make feeste,
You shall trade the money for whatever your soul desires: for cattle, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatever your soul asks of you. You shall eat there before the LORD your God, and you shall rejoice, you and your household.
27 thou, and thin hows, and the dekene which is withynne thi yatis; be thou war lest thou forsake hym, for he hath not other part in possessioun.
You shall not forsake the Levite who is within your gates, for he has no portion nor inheritance with you.
28 In the thridde yeer thou schalt departe another dyme of alle thingis that growen to thee in that yeer, and thou schalt kepe withynne thi yatis.
At the end of every three years you shall bring all the tithe of your increase in the same year, and shall store it within your gates.
29 And the dekene schal come, whych hath noon other part nether possessioun with thee, and the pilgrym, and the fadirles, ether modirles child, and widue, that ben withynne thi yatis, `schulen come, and schulen ete, and be fillid, that thi Lord God blesse thee, in alle werkis of thin hondis whiche thou schalt do.
The Levite, because he has no portion nor inheritance with you, as well as the foreigner living amongst you, the fatherless, and the widow who are within your gates shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hand which you do.
